Vincent Gallo (born 1962), movie actor and director starring in independent movies; also a recognized painter, male fashion model, musician, motorcycle racer and breakdancer
Mike Bongiorno (1924–2009), television host. After a few experiences in the US, he started working on RAI in the 1950s and was considered to be the most popular host in Italy.
Giada De Laurentiis (born 1970), chef, writer, TV personality, host of the Food Network programs Everyday Italian, Behind the Bash, Giada's Weekend Getaways and Giada in Paradise
Madonna, born Madonna Louise Ciccone in Michigan, singer, songwriter, record producer and film director, daughter of Italian father and French-Canadian mother
Sanjaya Malakar, American Idol season six finalist; half-Italian through his mother
Pablo Manavello – Italian-born Venezuelan composer, guitarist, singer and songwriter
Bray Wyatt (1987–2023), born Windham Lawrence Rotunda (father of Italian descent), third generation professional wrestler, son of Mike Rotunda, grandson of Blackjack Mulligan, brother of Bo Dallas
Fabian (born 1943), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; teen idol of the late 1950s and early 1960s; rose to national prominence after performing several times on American Bandstand; born Fabiano Anthony Forte, he adopted the stage name Fabian Forte but has always been known by his first name only
Frank Lentini (1889–1966), born Francesco A. Lentini, born in Siracusa, Sicily; born with three longer legs, two sets of genitals and one rudimentary foot on his third leg; his primary legs also grew into different lengths; at age nine, he moved to the United States and entered the sideshow business
↑ Archived May 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine "Suzette Charles, born Suzette De Gaetano, was the first Italian American to win the Miss America title as the second runner up and replaced Vanessa Williams in the 1984 contest."
↑ Noted as one of several Italian Americans at "NIAF MileStones". Archived from the original on October 8, 2006. Retrieved November 30, 2006.; "Russ Columbo". Archived from the original on April 20, 2006. Retrieved April 24, 2008. "Russ Columbo was born January 14, 1908, in Camden, New Jersey, the twelfth child of Italian immigrants Nicola and Giulia"
↑ Archived May 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine "ITALIAN AMERICANS IN POPULAR MUSIC...Born Alfred Cucozza in Philadelphia in 1921, Mario Lanza, took his mother's name as his stage name and became the first vocalist to sell 2.5 million albums and the first singer to receive a gold disc for his recording of "Be My Love.""
↑ Van Zandt – "I am Italian. Springsteen's mostly Italian, too. We're both Italians with Dutch names, one of the many things we have in common. My mother remarried when I was young, and my stepfather adopted me."
↑ "TVG: So you're ready to become a Mafia princess? Mikalah: I am. I'm a good Italian girl!"
↑ Lauper, Cyndi (August 2001). "Cyndi Lauper and Lou Reed" (Interview). Interviewed by Lou Reed. Archived from the original on April 15, 2009. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
↑ Orrico – "Stacie Orrico". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved March 7, 2007. "The Italian-American songstress..."
↑ have a Catholic father and a Jewish mother. Charles Jr. had a mother with Italian ancestry and a father of German and Hungarian descent.
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